SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) February 3, 2006

 

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-16789

 

04-3565120

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission file number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 647-3900

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

ITEM 8.01.    OTHER EVENTS

 

On February 7, 2006, Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had entered into definitive agreements with funds affiliated with 14 accredited institutional investors to sell 3,400,000 shares of its common stock in a private placement at $24.41 per share (the “Private Placement”). The Company’s press release announcing the Private Placement is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this document.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated February 7, 2006, entitled “Inverness Medical Innovations Agrees to Sell 3,400,000 Shares of Common Stock”

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/    Jay McNamara

 

 

 

 

 

Jay McNamara
Associate General Counsel

 

Dated: February 7, 2006

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated February 7, 2006, entitled “Inverness Medical Innovations Agrees to Sell 3,400,000 Shares of Common Stock”

 

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